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Western Slope businesses band together, urge Hickenlooper to stop proposed pipeline

By | 05.22.12 | 2:29 pm

Over 100 businesses on the Western Slope wrote Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper today, asking that he stop devoting state resources to study Aaron Million’s embattled Flaming Gorge pipeline proposal.

Feds stand by Flaming Gorge pipeline denial

By | 05.17.12 | 3:07 pm

Another day, another setback for Aaron Million’s proposal to pipe water from Wyoming to Colorado.

American Rivers ranks Green, Crystal among nation’s most endangered waterways

By | 05.15.12 | 5:39 am

Water withdrawals are threatening the Green River as potential dams and diversions are putting fish, wildlife and recreation at risk on the Crystal River, according to a new report.

Study documents economic muscle of Colorado River

By | 05.14.12 | 11:15 am

The Colorado River provides much of the West with drinking water, water for crops and even water for fracking. In the end, though, it may be the non-consumptive use of recreation that is the river’s most important economic contribution to Colorado and the region.

Latinos celebrate César Chávez holiday with song calling for Colorado River conservation

By | 04.13.12 | 11:20 am

Latinos in Arizona, Colorado, Nevada and New Mexico marked the 85th anniversary of César Chávez’s birthday with a new oral song, or corrido, that asks policymakers to protect the Colorado River.

Climate change, urban demands, energy exploration tapping out Colorado River

By | 04.11.12 | 1:31 pm

The once-lush delta where the Colorado River used to spill out into the Sea of Cortez is now a dry sandy landscape in Mexico where “America’s hardest-working river” is too tired to finish the job. Climate change, urban demand and a burgeoning energy industry are literally tapping the Colorado River to death.

Report: Flaming Gorge water pipeline could churn billions in profits, if ever approved

By | 04.05.12 | 4:57 am

A windfall of up to $2.4 billion could await the developer and operator of a proposed 578-mile pipeline that would pump water from Wyoming’s Flaming Gorge to Colorado’s Front Range.

Conservation groups, tribe defend feds in Grand Canyon uranium mining lawsuit

By | 03.13.12 | 4:14 pm

A coalition of conservation groups and a Native American tribe are backing the U.S. government in its battle to block new uranium mining in Arizona’s iconic Grand Canyon.

Arizona’s Havasupai Tribe, the Grand Canyon Trust, Center for Biological Diversity, Sierra…

New report warns against oil shale risks, consequences for Colorado’s water

By | 03.09.12 | 11:12 am

BOULDER — Pursuing oil shale production in the face of increasing water demands and climate change concerns is ill-advised, a new report from an environmental group here warns.

Critics call for Colorado to forget Flaming Gorge pipeline after latest federal denial

By | 02.24.12 | 5:36 am

A second blow was dealt Thursday to a proposal to construct a 501-mile pipeline from Wyoming’s Flaming Gorge to Colorado’s Front Range when the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) deemed the application premature. Opponents quickly questioned how Colorado leaders could take the project seriously considering the Army Corps of Engineers rejected an earlier application.

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